Question

In C# how can I move the cursor to the next word in a rich text box?. for example

given the sentence

“He is a boy”

let’s suppose that currently the cursor is positioned before “is” i.e. after “He” and I want to move it to the position before “a” i.e. after “is”.

can richtextbox.SelectionStart be used for performing such an action ?

Answer 1

if you don’t mind using SendKeys then teh below example will achieve your requirement

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        richTextBox1.Focus();
        SendKeys.SendWait("^{LEFT}");
    }

    private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        richTextBox1.Focus();
        SendKeys.SendWait("^{RIGHT}");
    }
}